The best yet of Milich's urban albums for the toddler set, this offers within each photograph's frame both numerals and familiar items to count, from a single pedestrian with a "1" on his back to "10" tempting French fries lined up on a plate. For context and reinforcement, each big, bright color picture comes with a bulleted number line and the number written out on the facing page. Each pair of numbers is then followed by a double-paged spread that includes the accumulation to that point. In some instances, the photos are natural; in others, Milich has added subjects. So readers will find six little manmade chicks perched on an iron fence in between six finials, but numbers one to 8 in brass over an elevator. Like Stephen Johnson's City By Numbers (1998), this offers an irresistible invitation to count, and also to look more closely at the world all around. (Picture book. 2-4)
From the numeral one on the back of a bystander's lime-green shirt to the 10 gold mail slots on an apartment building, the images offer a visually enticing (and educational) tour.
An excellent, well-constructed concept book. Outstanding color photographs invite children to count skyscrapers, taxis, firefighters' boots, and other familiar objects around the city. Children will thoroughly enjoy this first-rate counting book.
An excellent, well-constructed concept book. Outstanding color photographs invite children to count skyscrapers, taxis, firefighters' boots, and other familiar objects around the city. Children will thoroughly enjoy this first-rate counting book.
Milich's pristine images and counter-friendly layout rank this title among the best [photo concept books].
Milich's pristine images and counter-friendly layout rank this title among the best [photo concept books].
[T]his will show young children that numbers are part of everything they see and what they do.
[T]his will show young children that numbers are part of everything they see and what they do.
By adding a bit of humor and a sense of context, Milich has created a book that is even more child-friendly than his previous concept books, and just as handsome.
By adding a bit of humor and a sense of context, Milich has created a book that is even more child-friendly than his previous concept books, and just as handsome.
